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agarita

/ˌæɡəˈɹiːtə/

agarita noun: a rounded evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliolata, native to the United States and Mexico, or its berry.

Noun

agarita (plural agaritas)

  1. (US, dialectal) A rounded evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliolata, native to the United States and Mexico, or its berry.
    • A cow would find no joy in scampering up craggy hills to nibble nothing more than an agarita bush.2007 June 17, Paula Disbrowe, “The Year of the Goat”, in New York Times
    • An agarito was cutting into me.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 28

Forms of agarita

pluralagaritas
alternative formagarito

Origin of agarita

From American Spanish agarita, algarita et al., variants of agrito (“barberry”), probably from agrio (“sour”).

Words that rhyme with agarita

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Questions about agarita

What does agarita mean?
Agarita means a rounded evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliolata, native to the United States and Mexico, or its berry.
What part of speech is agarita?
Agarita is a noun.
How do you pronounce agarita?
Agarita is pronounced /ˌæɡəˈɹiːtə/.
What is the plural of agarita?
The plural of agarita is agaritas.

Words near agarita in the dictionary

  1. agarikon
  2. agarin
  3. agarised
  4. agaristine
  5. agaristines
  6. agarita
  7. agaritas
  8. agaritine
  9. agarito
  10. agaritos
  11. agarized

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